What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
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Photos (and preferably video) or it's not happening.Anchor Moy wrote:One thing that really bugs me about Khmer culture is that I can never get those hand movements right when I dance khmer-style... or only when I've had too much to drink, and or at least drank enough so I believe them when Khmers tell me I'm dancing good
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Probably on someone's Facebook somewhere - but I will deny everything.StroppyChops wrote:Photos (and preferably video) or it's not happening.Anchor Moy wrote:One thing that really bugs me about Khmer culture is that I can never get those hand movements right when I dance khmer-style... or only when I've had too much to drink, and or at least drank enough so I believe them when Khmers tell me I'm dancing good
Another thing about "Khmer culture" - it all ends up on FB - any party, any outing is spent taking photos of what a fun time it is. As you say "photos or it's not happening". I like to "happen" without the photos.
(i know this isn't exclusively Cambodian but thats where I see it most.)
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What's an explat?
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It's like an explert, but overseasGeneral Mackevili wrote:What's an explat?
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Thanks for the explatnation.
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You're wellercome.
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Also known as an ex-splat when fallen from a balcony, run over by a Lexus etc...
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Most of the things mentioned above particularly barging in while you are being served like you are not there.
The one thing I would add is inability or lack of desire to supervise young children. The number of times I see small kids playing next to a busy road with nobody near them is unbelievable. Seen a few almost get wiped out and had to intervene a couple of times as vehicles fly round the kid in the middle of the street whilst the locals watch.
Also happens next to swimming pools while the adults get plied with alcohols and the babies have a crawl next to the pool. What do they expect could happen. If they are too much of a burden don't have them.
I would be in court if I did that at home.
The one thing I would add is inability or lack of desire to supervise young children. The number of times I see small kids playing next to a busy road with nobody near them is unbelievable. Seen a few almost get wiped out and had to intervene a couple of times as vehicles fly round the kid in the middle of the street whilst the locals watch.
Also happens next to swimming pools while the adults get plied with alcohols and the babies have a crawl next to the pool. What do they expect could happen. If they are too much of a burden don't have them.
I would be in court if I did that at home.
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I think it takes at least a few days before those are ex-splats - while it's still too soon, we dance around the issue.Anchor Moy wrote:Also known as an ex-splat when fallen from a balcony, run over by a Lexus etc...
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How come it's not considered rude to smoke in the pagoda, chat while there's a ceremony on or throw garbage all over the grounds? One time I was at a pagoda in Cham Chao for a blessing. We were in one of the senior monk's quarters. The abbot was chainsmoking, there were broken drinks glasses tossed under the platform they were sitting on, and there was a TV with WWF on. The grounds of the pagoda were covered in garbage.Samouth wrote:It seems like everyone is complaining about how we sit the pagoda. To be honest, i also feel like that sitting that way is not comfortable, however we have to sit that way in the pagoda and when we are getting married. There is meaning behind it. If you sit that way it means you give more respect in general and to God ( in pagoda setting). In the pagoda, you can not sit with your legs crossed. It is considered rude. In my own perspective, the reason that people find sitting on the floor is okay, because they get used to it as they were grown sitting like that, plus because we are poor. So, we might not afford to buy the table and chairs or even we have enough money, we might also not want to waste our money on them as there are other things on the list that we need to pay for.
People throwing rubbishes on the road and everywhere is the thing that i hate the most about my country. it is really appalling when you are trying to keep this country clean and other not.
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